Werner Herzog Says He’s Found His True Medium, And It’s Prose
The director/author/entrepreneur, who turns 80 on Labor Day, "thinks of himself primarily as a writer — he has written poetry and kept journals throughout...
Anonymity Can Be A Real Gift To Playwrights
Sure, "the argument could be made that this is a canny marketing strategy, a way of drumming up publicity for a play, but it...
The How, When, And Why Of Eye Contact Among Musicians
Conductors Leonard Slatkin and Paul McCreesh, members of the Guarneri and Zehetmair Quartets, and two orchestra principals talk about when and at whom to...
Christian Publishing Is Having A Boom In Doomsday Literature
"Following the pandemic and amid escalating global tensions as well as environmental concerns, Christian publishers say they are acquiring more books now than in...
New York City Ballet’s Amar Ramasar Gives His First Interview Since The Nude-Photo-Sharing Scandal
And he gave it just as he has retired from the company, chastened by and repentant for the act that got him in trouble...
A Set Of First Nation Artifacts At The Smithsonian Are Coming Home To A...
Roughly 500 pieces of basketry, quillwork, regalia and other items from the Mi'kmaq people which have been at the Museum of the American Indian...
San Diego Repertory Theatre “Suspends Operations” And Lays Off All Staff
The announcement comes a week after the company abruptly cancelled this month's production. "Rep officials cited significant financial issues, the challenge of operating in...
La Scala Works To Get Younger People To The Opera — And Then Keep...
Alongside free performances in Milan neighborhoods and cheaper tickets for young adults and families with children, the house has started discounts for people in...
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Is Getting An Overhaul
"Actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge" — honorary president of the Fringe Society — "has hailed a 'new dawn' for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as the biggest...
Nijinska: The Choreographer Stuck In Her Brother’s Shadow
As a private entrepreneur without official sponsorship, Diaghilev made his way with an astute combination of connoisseurship and the ability to cultivate an inner...
Radical Reimagining? Safer Neighborhoods Begin With The Arts
It is not just a pretty idea. The UPenn Social Impact of the Arts Project studied New York City in 2017. Their data showed that neighborhoods...
Report Finds “Absurd” Levels Of Government Interference In Museums
 The report tracked “astonishing, nearly absurd” cases of political interference at some museums, the commissioners say, and outlines how some museums are poorly run....
Survey: What Artists American Museums Show
Nearly half of all art exhibitions showcased by U.S. museums between 2017 and 2021 were dedicated to less than five percent of a quarter...
What Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Arts Presenters Learned During COVID
Another thing that’s changed “is it turns out we like our neighbors. And there are plenty of communities that are under-represented in our spaces,...
The Value Of “Anchor” Artists
We discovered that at the center of the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area is the anchor artist: someone central to their community...
Why Do Critics Keep Describing Early Music Performances As “Crisp”?
English-language writers seem to use the word over and over (as praise), though critics in other languages don't use equivalents. (Croustillant or croquant? Non.)...
Can Algorithms Be Protected Speech?
Recommendation systems pose difficult questions about what it means to speak, and whether speaking is something that only a person does. How do we...
India’s First Prime Minister Himself Decided Whether “Lolita” Was Too Obscene To Be Allowed...
It was quite the literary drama: Customs in Bombay had impounded the first shipment of Nabokov's novel, the ministers of justice and finance were...
The Internet As Endless Doom Scroll
It might seem the other way around: that our fleeting attention is the result of an internet that’s unrelentingly feeding us the now. But my...
The Scene In “How I Learned To Drive” That Paula Vogel Herself Says Makes...
Declares the playwright, "It makes no sense in the structure of the play. It's a complete interruption of the narrative."Â But she won't cut...
Stalin – Man Of Ideas
Stalin was a man of ideas, to the point where he thought that by changing the ideas to which people are exposed he could...
Facing Protests, Britain’s Largest Cinema Chain Cancels A Film About The Prophet Muhammad’s Daughter
The Lady of Heaven, about Fatima and her husband Ali (the first Shia imam), was written by a Shia cleric and seems intended to...
The Scoop On This Sunday’s Tonys
There are around 831 eligible voters—and still ballots to be completed and votes totted up. The Daily Beast spoke to three voters anonymously about...
Why This Half-Spanish-Half-Ukrainian Ballet Star Had To Leave Moscow
Laura Fernandez, who studied and then danced at the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg before becoming first soloist at Moscow's Stanislavsky Theatre, has family in...
After 44 Years, Carol Burnett Is Returning To Regular Series TV
While she has done repeating guest-star roles and specials (and the unforgettable miniseries Fresno), the 89-year-old actress has not had a regular role in...
